With 362 illustrations, the renowned artist Leone Agosto Rosa depicts in Espressione e Mimica a large range of expressions and gestures.

The first part includes 144 drawings of the face and posture of the head. Rosa not only shows how people look but also explains to artists how to draw the expressions.

The second part has 218 illustrations that illustrate gestures that involve more of the body. Each is accompanied by one or more phrases that might be spoken with the movement or to which the movement might be a reply. These illustrations, which Rosa says he drew from sketches on the street, cover not only body language and expressions of emotions, but also many conventional gestures, along with a discussion of each.

The beautiful, skilled illustrations and discussions of gestures will make this a treasure for anyone interested in the study of gestures, the history of art, Italian drawing, and Italian culture.

Published in 1929 in Italian, this is an exact copy of the original, except for four color plates at the end which can be downloaded from the publisher’s website, www.ARFbooks.org